Rapid transport of East Asian pollution to the deep tropics

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3565-3573

  Ashfold, M J ^a,h   Pyle, J A ^a,b   Robinson, A D ^a   Meneguz, E ^c   Nadzir, M S M ^d,e   Phang, S M ^e   Samah, A A ^e   Ong, S ^f   Ung, H E ^f   Peng, L K ^g   Yong, S E ^g   Harris, N R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NCAS ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^f Global Satria Life Sciences Lab   (Malaysia)

^g Malaysian Meteorological Department (METMalaysia) Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Danum Valley   (Malaysia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STRATOSPHERE; TRACER;

BORNEO;

EID: 84926314477     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-3565-2015     Document Type: Article

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